Abstract: An apparatus comprising an optical fiber array, a spacer to receive a light beam from the optical fiber array, and a lens array having an input to receive the light beam from the spacer and an output to output the light beam is disclosed. The spacer has a first refraction index and the lens has a second refraction index.

Abstract: A system is provided to obtain loss optimized output optical power by way of feedback control and stabilization in an optical signal switching or routing system. The optical signal switching or routing system includes at least two input optical fibers and at least two output optical fibers, a controllable mechanism for directing an optical beam from one of the input optical fibers to one of the output optical fibers, and a mechanism for measuring the optical power applied to output optical fiber. The measuring mechanism provides a measure of the output optical power through a signal processing apparatus to a control apparatus. Possible other inputs to the signal processing apparatus include the input optical power, test optical power, etc. The inputs to the signal processing apparatus are compared and the signal processing apparatus outputs a signal to the control apparatus to provide optimized output power.

Abstract: Uniformity errors for a lens array are corrected using corrective measures. The lens array includes a substrate. A plurality of primary lenses are formed from the substrate. A corrective measure is formed for each primary lens having a uniformity error such that the corrective measure corrects the uniformity error. Furthermore, a plurality of primary lenses are formed from a first side of a substrate. A uniformity of the plurality of primary lenses are measured. A corrective measure is formed for each primary lens having a uniformity error based on the measured uniformity such that the corrective measure corrects the uniformity error.